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Yes, because what the UK really needed was for a bunch of sexless old puritanical farts to tell us all what we are and are not allowed to wank off to. That'll definitely protect women and children. 🙄

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Anaqueer @anaqueer.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

I mean, how can something that has no eyes, ears, skin, nerves, senses of any kind, suffer? Even if LLMs were conscious (they aren't) that consciousness would so totally alien to us how could anything it experiences be translatable as suffering or pain. It has no way of sensing the material world.

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T(errifying) C(ryptid) Parker (she/her) @tcparker.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Two things here: 1. It's not centrism, it's literal censorship when a state broadcaster (w/ Royal Charter) digitally alters and disseminates an image/message it doesn't like

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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 10/10/2026

Stories is such a good way of putting this. Can a novel be full of pain and suffering? Clearly yes. Does a fictional character suffer in the real world? They're fictional don't be a dumbass.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 07/12/2025

They're going to find it much harder to Cass their way to an adhd ban, but they're going to give it a go anyway. Once again, overplaying their hand. Far more people with kids with adhd than with trans kids. This will hopefully show more people who they really are

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Reminder that Wes Streeting has a Bachelor’s degree in history. That’s it. Not a doctor. Not any health experience. Just a career politician, hollow as a gourd.

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Imagine if Hitler, not content to merely disparage and ignore the League of Nations, declared anyone who worked for it to be a criminal...

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Tristan Gray @eidyngray.scot · 14/09/2026

Context for the Anthropic "oh no, we must slow down or we'll end the world" nonsense

Cassandra Unchained
@michaeljburry
Let's all take a moment to understand how self-serving it is for OpenAI, Anthropic and other execs of big hyperscalers to talk of slowing things down.
1. LLMs are not AI and won't be AGI. There is nothing AI to slow down.
2. Competition is coming up fast, slowing benefits incumbents.
3. IPOs need hype & puffery; "we are so awesome it could become dangerous" is hype & puffery
4. Cover for real uncontrollable slowing growth as IPOs look to be pushed out
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Anaqueer @anaqueer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Remember, whenever politicians say shit like this they mean YOUR kids should take X, Y and Z subjects, not their kids. Their kids get to do what they want at their private fee paying schools. It's our kids that are seen as little more than future workers to be exploited. Economic fodder.

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Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Check it out, Coxon read too many LessWrong forum posts and got TESCREAL’d

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Anaqueer @anaqueer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

As you say though it is in their interest to make shareholders/investors think they can/are close to it. Whether Coxon is or isn't an astroturfer or not, they definitely have an interest in making claims like this for hype and marketing reasons. There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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Anaqueer @anaqueer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Yes, that is certainly possible. Perhaps I'm too generous in suggesting he is sincere. I guess my point is that it doesn't matter if they CAN make an ASI, the fact they seem to want to is problematic enough.

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Anaqueer @anaqueer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A question we need to ask though is not, is Coxon full of shit, but what does it say about these people that they believe they ARE working on ASI? given how dangerous it would be. ASI may not be on the horizon but that doesn't mean people who would try to summon it aren't VERY dangerous people. 5/5

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Anaqueer @anaqueer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Personally I'm inclined to go with 1 with maybe a little of 2. I think some AI bros, including researchers, genuinely do believe that they are working on achieving ASI but I also don't think they are anywhere near close to doing it, nor are they likely ever to be so. 4/5

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Anaqueer @anaqueer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Possibility 2: Coxon is correct. If so then AI companies are doing something so dangerous and immoral that it makes oil companies look like philanthropists. They are, frankly, the greatest existential threat to humanity and all life there has ever been if this is true. 3/5

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Anaqueer @anaqueer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Possibility 1: Coxon is sincere but wrong. He has bought the industry's own propaganda and convinced himself of the fantasy of imminent AI superintelligence. This is problematic because it demonstrates the mindset of some of the industry and the dangers of the hype around the technology. 2/5

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Anaqueer @anaqueer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I see two possibilities with Coxon, the Anthropic AI researcher who quit over fears that the AI industry is breeding a superintelligence that is gonna kill us all. 1/5

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Julia Laite @julialaite.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Anyone working in the sector already knows, but still good to see it in black & white. Professional services *people*--not just interchangeable hubs of administration--are essential to a good university. Their institutional knowledge has been consistently undervalued & their loss is catastrophic.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I’d like it if someone prominent would call this a grotesque, despicable insult to the public’s intelligence, since that’s what it is.

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Bold Politics @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The interests of people and planet > the interests of fossil fuel giants.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

"The Israeli military tell us they've opened an investigation into the attacks," is the most laughable thing Ive seen in this, because nothing will happen

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The intense harm that this causes, ignoring all science and medicine, to appease a few rich bigots and Spectator columnists. Trans kids exist, have always existed, will continue to exist. You can help them or harm them. This cowardly government has chosen the worst harm. Forever shame.

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Anaqueer @anaqueer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

We really do live in the stupidest timeline...

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Didn't know this until today but Dolly Parton had a transsexual man named Jason Pirro work as her Hollywood chauffeur in the 1980s, per an interview he gave to The Sun in 1990. "Dolly has been good to me...Dolly knows all about me."

SEXY SECRETS OF DOILY PARTON'S
UMO DRIVER-HE USED TO BE A SHE
DOLLY PARTON is being chauffeured around
Hollywood by a 300-lb. transsexual who
has had an operation to change from a
woman into a ian. The country queen
shares 44-year-old Jason Pirro's secret"
and has promised to help the obese,
tuxedo-outfitted driver attain his goal
to become a movie director.
"Dolly has been good to me," Jason told
STAR. "I'm not real coafortable talking
about ayself. Dolly knows all about me
and is a very nice lady. "Whenever Dolly
coaes into Hollywood for a aeeting, or
for business, or for filaing, or just
staying here, she calls ae and I drive
her around."
Court papers obtained by STAR show Pirro
legally changed his naae froa Susan Ann
to Jason in 198B because of "sex-
reassignaent.* Jason underwent a sex-
change operation in 1982.
Jason, who has a beard and wears his
thinning reddish-brown hair in a
ponytaiI, caae to Hollywood 10 years ago.
At the time, he was taking hormone
tablets and dressing as a «an. He got a
job as a lino driver.
Dolly has said that there's nothing wrong
with transsexuals. "If I were a nan I'd
be a drag queen," she admits. "1 enjoy
being a trashy dresser and 1 love gaudy
things. I love to play with hair and
makeup."
Jason studied theater as a coed at
Syracuse University, but after eight
years at college. left without
graduating. Despite chat, Jason has a
genius-level I.Q. of 144.
A fasily friend says Susan was in her aid -
30's when she decided to have doctors
transfora her into a ian. "Jason has
tried to sake the family feel comfortable
with the situation. Even by the time he
started to grow facial hair and his voice
was getting deeper, if we'd slip and call
him Susie, he'd just hug us and say,
'That's OK."
"He's a loving warm, caring human being.
He teaches transcendental meditation. He
has never had an enemy. People just take
a liking to him. He has that …

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Carbon emissions from just two planned datacentres in England will exceed all of ExxonMobil’s UK fossil fuel emissions. Bad for health, environment. Huge pressure on energy/water supplies Few long-term jobs generated Local people, not ministers, must decide if they want datacentres.

theguardian.com

Two planned datacentres will have higher UK carbon emissions than ExxonMobil, analysis finds

Exclusive: Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire sites predicted to emit 4.5m tonnes a year when fully running

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Re-upping this for the morning crowd. Already almost as many signatures as the other letter, in just half a day

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Pieter T. L. Beck @ptrbck.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

We have written a statement in support of Ghent Uni's decision to suspend Nathan Cofnas. We resist attempts to frame this as a punishment for "whistleblowing" or censorship of "controversial research". We invite all academics who share our views to sign our letter. forms.gle/qwN8xzEM5C7Q...

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Open letter on the suspension of Nathan Cofnas at Ghent University

We, colleagues of Nathan Cofnas - supported by many colleagues internationally - want to respond to the negative and incorrect framing of Ghent University’s decision to suspend Nathan Cofnas. With th...

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 25/08/2026

Is it possible to be more juiceless than this

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don’t expect to doing much business with Ontario any longer. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

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Anaqueer @anaqueer.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This should not be taken as a criticism of pigeons. Who are very cute and in fact are noted anti-fascists (🤪)

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Anaqueer @anaqueer.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Quite. If you debate a pigeon, it will just shit everywhere and then strut around like it won anyway. Debating racists and fascists is pointless because they don't want a debate, they want to get their ugly and bigotted ideas the respectability of being ideas worth debating. It's a win-win for them.

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Darryl Mott @gamerstavernshow.com · 23/08/2026

You don't debate these dipshits because it just makes it seem they have a point worth debating. Treat them like flat earthers and ancient aliens and, when they shout "DEBATE ME!", you tell them to fuck the fuck off because it's not worth your time "debating" a thoroughly debunked, racist position.

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Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Notable how a not-insignificant number of the signatories on the letters supporting a racist signed on to letters supporting anti-trans extremists in 2018 or are high-profile anti-trans extremists themselves, almost as if there’s a connection between ‘everything is gender’ and ‘everything is race’

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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

It’s Nathan Cofnas appointments and position which should be under the most intense scrutiny….

Ashkenazi IQ is around 110-112 (sorry, J IQ truthers), but Jewish success goes far beyond what can be explained by IQ alone. It does not follow that Jewish intellectual accomplishment is an illusion or due to nepotism. This is an important point that race realists need to understand.
Jews (particularly Ashkenazim) were subject to evolutionary selection pressures-presumably the ability to succeed in white-collar professions and/or Talmudic study-that favored higher general intelligence (g). The same selection pressures would have favored non-g traits and abilities that contribute to success in business or scholarship. Some of these traits and abilities may not be measured by IQ tests.
There are obviously personality differences between Jews and non-Jews. Jews are stereotyped as being, for example,
"shrewd,"
and we know that stereotypes generally have a basis
in reality. On average, Jews are better than gentiles at capitalizing on their g. It's not a coincidence that Chris Langan (loser with IQ 200) is a gentile and Stephen Jay Gould (dazzling
"genius" with IQ 125) is a Jew.
We see a similar phenomenon with East Asians. A Korean American with an IQ of 105 is way more likely to graduate from college, get a white-collar job, and make a lot of money than his non-Asian/non-Jewish IQ equal. That's not because Koreans are cheaters, but because Korean IQ 105 is different from British IQ 105. link.springer.com/article/10.100...

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 21/08/2026

Be really embarassing if your paper, using an anti trans reviewer, also gave it a four star review, wouldn't it

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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 20/08/2026

These are the specific claims that the Guardian pivoted to smashing him on after he resigned from Cambridge.

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Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Every socio-political prediction from early cyberpunk like Snowcrash and Neuromancer—itself, like all interesting sci-fi, an extrapolation, commentary and critique of society—became more concrete and real, in part because the techno-billionaires read these books (the torture-nexus phenomenon)

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Wow , just saw a 4 star review of the ADHD Myth ? Documentary in The Guardian - on so many levels it failed as a proper investigative documentary and yet…? It is hard not to despair at just how terrible our journalism is in this country - Relentless damaging mediocrity

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Dr Phoenix CS Andrews @thatdocphoenix.com · 19/08/2026

It was reviewed by Lucy Mangan, who is gender critical. There’s your answer

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Tom Phillips @tom-phillips.com · 18/08/2026

sorry is the problem that it's overmedicated or that it's undermedicated, really going to need you to make your minds up

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Over 3000 people died this summer due to excess heat.

Richard Rice: Scrap net zero and enjoy the weather

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

There seems to be a concerted effort right now to undermine the diagnosis/concept of ADHD and/or autism. It’s probably been going on for awhile, but I’ve really seen it take hold lately, and it’s really concerning. A lot of parallel to the undermining of gender identity and trans healthcare, too.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 18/08/2026

Can really see it in the media coverage, they just swapped out their templates

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Anaqueer @anaqueer.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

But hey, it's slow season for the UK media. They managed to get loads of clicks driving a man to suicide last week but now they need more. Why not take a shot a shitting on a minority, that always gets in the views, right?

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Anaqueer @anaqueer.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Remember when the @theguardian.com used to do actual journalism? I do. Instead, they've lazily copy and pasted the unserious and unscientific claims of a couple of contrarian psychiatrists without pushback, investigation or context. Great job guys!

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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

FFS, @Guardian. Max Pemberton is NOT an expert in #ADHD, he's a psychiatrist specialiseing in older patients, with a bizarre agenda against #Neurodivergence, a regular column in the Daily Mail, and a dangerous TV show to promote Remember when you had actual experts regularly writing for you?

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

So often what are called “culture wars” are one set of people saying “please can we live without perpetual persecution” and another saying “no, f*** you” but the press considering the latter group have “legitimate concerns” and must be perpetually platformed

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

All that's "normal" now is the expectation of it getting worse.

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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Scientists are pointing out that there is no "new normal". As greenhouse gas concentrations and the earth energy imbalance keep increasing, the climate crisis, itself part of a wider environmental crisis, will continue worsening.

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